14.04.04 Residential zoning districts

Single-Family Detached Residential Districts
The following single-family detached residential districts are intended for the building of a single, one-family dwelling on a separate and distinct platted lot. The districts are applicable to those existing developed areas of the city which are developed as single-family detached dwellings on separate platted lots and for those undeveloped areas of the city of Mayflower which are appropriate for future development for single-family detached dwelling purposes. Areas appropriate for development as single-family detached residential uses are indicated as low-density residential and/or undeveloped on the city of Mayflower Land Use Plan.

R-1 SB Residential District
The R-1SB Residential District is intended for the building of stick-built conventional homes on separate and distinct lots. The R-1SB District areas indicated on the attached zoning map are existing areas within the city of Mayflower which were developed primarily as areas for stick-built conventional homes. Areas appropriate for future R-1SB designation are indicated as low-density residential or undeveloped areas on the city of Mayflower Land Use Plan.

Use Regulation

A. Purpose
Development of stick-built conventional homes densities not to exceed three (3) dwelling units per gross acre unless in a planned subdivision. (Ordinance 2024-12)

B. Use Permitted by Right
One stick-built conventional home of not less than 1,000 square feet of heated/cooled living space, as the primary or principal use on a lot of record. In addition, the following system of dwelling size reduction will be required to buffer abutting subdivisions with differing minimum square footage of dwelling unit requirements. In order to simplify calculations, subdivisions above 2,000 square feet will be classified at 2,000 square feet.

A development plan must be submitted which indicates the minimum required heated/cooled living space of the residential subdivision and all abutting subdivisions, along with any proposed undisturbed buffer areas. This plan is submitted to the Planning Commission for review and approval during the preliminary platting process, and may be included as part of the preliminary plat.

A reduction in the minimum square footage allowed in a subdivision may be achieved by any combination of the following methods, up to a maximum 23%. The following reductions are calculated from the abutting subdivision with the highest required minimum square footage of living area.

1. A reduction in the minimum square footage by 8% is allowed by right.
2. A reduction in the minimum square footage by an additional 5% is allowed with the provision of each 50-foot buffer of undisturbed open space.
3. A reduction in the minimum square footage by 5% is also allowed within a subdivision for each subsequent tier of lots or minimum of 150 feet, whichever is greater.

C. Accessory uses
The following accessory structures and uses of land shall be permitted provided such structures and uses of land are incidental to the principal use and do not include any activity commonly conducted as a business. Any accessory building shall be located on the same lot with the principal building. All accessory uses, except Item No. 3 and Item No. 4, require a city of Mayflower Building Permit. Item No. 4 requires a city of Mayflower Accessory Use Permit as per Section 14.04.07 of this ordinance.

1. Private auto garages, storage shed or building for the storage of household related goods, and children’s playhouses.
2. Private greenhouses for non-commercial horticultural purposes.
3. Flower and vegetable garden.
4. Home business/occupations in compliance with Section 14.04.09 of this amended ordinance.
5. Private in-ground swimming pools, tennis courts and similar permanent recreational facilities

Accessory buildings, except private auto garages which are located behind the front building line, may not be located in front yards. All others shall not occupy over twenty-five percent (25%) of the rear yard.

D. Temporary Uses
The following temporary buildings and items of ownership, where such buildings or items conform to the height and yard requirements of this zone, are permitted.

1. Recreational vehicles, camping trailers, boats and trailers and the like.
   
   
2. Model home sales offices, when the sales office is located in the model home, subject to the approval of the Planning Commission and subject to the following provisions:
   
   
   • a. The model home sales office shall be located in a subdivision to which the sale of lots and homes are directed.
   • b. The model home sales office shall not be permitted beyond 18 months or 80 percent of lots being sold from the granting by the Planning Commission. Extension of the 18 months or 80 percent of lots sold may be granted by the Planning Commission.
   • c. Garage, carport, or yard sales, not to exceed four within a calendar year and three days for each event, may be permitted on any platted lot which supports single-family dwelling as the principal use. A permit obtained from the Office of the Mayor shall be required for each event.
     
     
3. Yard sales, garage sales, carport sales and fund raisers
   
   Definition Yard sale shall mean any event, other than a sales activity operated in conjunction with a regularly licensed and permitted commercial or retail operation, which is advertised by any means whatsoever as a place or location to which members of the public, at any time may purchase identifiable or tangible personal property. Also included in this definition are garage sales, patio sales, carport sales, rummage sales, estate sales, fund raisers, or any other similar events.
   
   
   • a. Every person, group of persons, or organization desiring to exhibit for sale purposes identifiable or tangible personal property at a yard sale shall first obtain a yard sale permit. The year sale permit must be available upon request at the yard sale location.
     
     
   • b. Yard sale permits shall be obtained at the Mayflower City Hall during regular hours Monday through Friday (closed on holidays). The yard sale permit fee shall be $5.00 per household. The permit shall be issued for a three (3) day period. The time between permits is four (4) days. Only four (4) permits per household address per year are allowed. Any person acquiring more than four (4) permits will be considered a business.
     
     
   • c. If a group has a yard sale collectively, then each household participating shall be required to get a permit.
     
     
   • d. The yard sale permit shall include: Name, location of yard sale, home or cell phone, date and any other pertinent information requested by the city. The permit shall be titled “Residential use Only.”
     
     
   • e. Fund raisers (including car washes) shall include: Name, location of fund raiser, home or cell phone number, date, reason for fund raiser, what good or service is being offered, and any other pertinent information requested by the city. Fund raisers by an entity on its own property is permitted, even in a commercial zone.
     
     
   • f. Yard sale signs shall be no larger than 24 inches by 18 inches and shall be on stakes or sire sign holders. No signing is allowed on public property or right-of-way unless by the City Council. The back of the yard sale sign must contain the name, phone number, and date of event. Yard sale signs shall be removed by the permit holder or person or persons designated by the holder by 7:00 p.m. the last day of the permitted sale. Yard sale signs advertising a yard sale outside the Mayflower city limits are not permitted to be placed in the city limits of Mayflower.
     
     
   • g. Estate sales given by an authorized estate sale professional may use their professional signs. Estate sale professionals may purchase more than one permit at a time with a limit of four (4) for one address. Other estate sales will be considered yard sales.
     
     
   • h. All merchandise offered for sale shall be arranged so that fire, police, health, and other officials may have access for inspection at all times during the time of operation of the sale. Enforcement of the provisions of this section shall be by the City Police Department and Code Enforcement Officers.
     
     
   • i. Penalty Any violation of the provisions of subsection (3) is declared to be a misdemeanor and a fine of not less than Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) and no more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) is affixed for failure to comply with any of these requirements. (Ord. No. 2007-9, Sec. 1.)
     

E. Conditional Uses
The following uses may be permitted in the R-1SB District subject to the approval of a conditional use permit and all required submissions and conditions thereof. See Section 14.04.07 (Conditional Use Review) for required submissions, etc. It is the intent of this section to encourage through conditional uses the development of varied density arrangements, to permit affordable housing, to nurture development in appropriate locations and to distribute varied density arrangements throughout the city and within various subdivisions.

1. Churches and other religious institutions and their accessory buildings and uses.
2. Nursery school, day care center, elementary and secondary schools.
3. Public utility buildings and facilities when necessary for serving the surrounding area, provided that no public business office and no repair or storage facility, or sewer treatment plant are maintained therein.
4. Smaller lot stick-built conventional homes with a minimum heated/cooled living space of 800 sq. ft.

Height Regulation
No building in the R-1SB district hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed a height of 35 feet or be more than 2.5 stories.

Off-Street parking
See Section 114.04.10 of this regulation.

Yard and Area Requirements
Yards, front, rear and side, are defined in the definition section of this regulation. Yard space between a building wall and the adjacent lot line shall be measured perpendicular to the lot line at the point where the wall is closest to the lot line to determine the minimum allowable yard dimension The “closest point” measurement is made to compensate for walls running at an angle (not parallel) to the lot line or walls with the vertical plans stepped back in 90-degree angular turns.

The projection of uncovered, noncombustible porches or patios into yard space is permissible.

A. Stick-built Conventional Homes

1. Density
The maximum density is three (3) dwelling units per gross acre.

2. Lot Area
The minimum lot area is 7,500 square feet and the minimum lot width is sixty (60) feet at the front building line. (Ordinance 2024-12).

3. Front Yard
There shall be a front yard set-back having a depth of not less than 25 feet from the front property line, except as may be modified by the Hillside Development provision of the Subdivision Regulation or the existing building line.

4. Side Yard
There shall be a minimum required side yard setback on each side of the principal structure of seven feet and six inches. Encroachment of structural appurtenances, i.e., eaves, balconies, bay windows, shall not exceed two (2) feet. Comer lots shall have a side yard on the exterior, or street side of not less than 25 feet.

5. Rear-Yard
There shall be a rear yard setback having a depth of not less than 15 feet, except accessory buildings shall be no closer than 10 feet from the rear property line and no closer to a side lot line than the principal building line.

6. Lot Coverage
The main building (principal use) and all accessory buildings on a lot shall not occupy more than 33 1/3 percent of the total lot area.



R-1MH Residential District
The R-1MH Residential District provides for areas which may contain manufactured homes on separate and distinct lots either in new subdivisions designed and/or intended for the sale of lots for siting manufactured homes or on individual lots/parcels without or within existing subdivisions. These homes are those that are manufactured or constructed under the authority of 42 United States Code Section 5401. These areas are subject to the same land development and site improvement standards as typical residential subdivisions.

Use Regulation
A. Site Plan Review
Pursuant to the procedure hereinafter set forth, when a proposal is made to site manufactured homes in the R-1MH District, no “Site Plan Review” will be required provided that the Code Enforcement Officer determines that the manufactured home proposed to be sited meets all the requirements of the Zoning Regulations and any other relevant codes of the city of Mayflower. When a request to re-zone property to the R-1MH District is proposed, a “Site Plan Review” shall be required. See Section 14.04.07, page 188 and following, of the Mayflower Municipal Code for the procedures and requirements of a Site Plan Review. (Ord. No. 2000-05, Sec. 1.)

B. Permitted Uses
One (1) manufactured home or stick-built conventional home dwelling unit per lot or parcel is allowed.

C. Accessory Uses
The accessory structures and uses of land shall be those permitted in the R-1SB Residential District.

D. Temporary Uses
Temporary uses shall be those allowed in the R-1SB Residential District.

E. Conditional Uses
The following uses may be permitted in the R-1MH District subject to the approval of a conditional use permit and all required submissions and conditions thereof. See Section 14.04.07 (Conditional Use Review) for required submissions.

1. Churches and other religious institutions and their accessory buildings and uses.
2. Nursery school, day care center, elementary and secondary schools.
3. Public utility buildings and facilities when necessary for serving the surrounding area, provided that no public business office and no repair or storage facility are maintained therein.

Bulk and Area Regulations
A. The minimum site area for the development of a subdivision for R1MH development shall be five acres.

B. The minimum lot area shall be five thousand (5,000) square feet. The minimum width shall be fifty (50) feet at the front of the building line.”

Design and Siding Criteria
A. The home must be attached to a foundation in compliance with the Building Code currently in effect in the city of Mayflower.

B. The unit must be at least fourteen (14) feet wide.

C. The home must be covered with an exterior material customarily used on dwellings in the city of Mayflower.

D. All homes must be underpinned on set-up within thirty (30) days, using masonry or other manufactured housing industry approved materials.

E. No building in the R-IMH District hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed single story height.

Yard and Area Regulations
A. Density
Six (6) dwelling units per gross acre maximum.

B. Lot Area
Minimum lot area, five thousand (5,000) square feet with a lot width of not less than fifty (50) feet at the front building line.

C. Front Yard
There shall be a front yard setback having a depth of not less than fifteen (15) feet from the front property line.

D. Side Yard
There shall be a minimum required side yard setback on each side of the principal structure of not less than seven feet and six inches. Encroachment of structural appurtenance, i.e., eaves, balconies, bay window, shall not exceed one (1) foot. Comer lots shall have a side yard on the exterior, or street side of not less than 15 feet.

E. Rear Yard
There shall be a rear yard setback having a depth of not less than fifteen (15) feet.

F. Lot Coverage
The principal building and all accessory buildings on a lot shall not occupy more than forty percent (40%) of the total lot area.

G. Parking
See Section 14.04.10 of this regulation (Single-Family Dwelling).



R-2 Multi-Family Residential District
The R-2 District provides areas for medium population density. This district is intended for those areas of Mayflower which: (1) have the appropriate public infrastructure in place including, water, sewer and roads, to handle the increased density levels; (2) contain multifamily dwellings, including duplex, triplex, fourplex, townhouses, garden apartments and the like; and (3) undeveloped land areas where multi-family development appears desirable. Areas such as these are generally designated as medium-density residential areas on the city of Mayflower Land Use Plan. In the R-2 District building designs and siting should make maximum utilization of the public open space system and also the private open space within the parcel of land itself while still providing privacy for the occupants.

Use Regulation
A. Purpose
Development of attached dwelling units (non-group quarters) at densities of ten (10) or less dwelling units per gross acre, except garden apartments which may be developed at densities of sixteen (16) or less dwelling units per gross acre.

B. Uses Permitted by Right

1. Duplex, Triplex, and Fourplex dwellings
2. Townhouse, Garden Apartments
3. Maintenance facility, rental office and storage space for management and residents

C. Accessory Uses
Accessory and temporary uses permitted in the R-2 District shall be the same as those permitted in the R-1SB District.

D. Conditional Uses
The following uses may be permitted in the R-2 District subject to the approval of a conditional use permit and all required submissions and conditions thereof. (See Section 14.04.07 (Conditional Use Review) for required submissions.

1. Churches and other religious institutions and their accessory buildings and uses
2. Nursery school, day care center, elementary school
3. Public utility buildings and facilities when necessary for service
4. Single-family detached housing (shine bulk and area requirements)

Height Regulation
Maximum: 3 stories not to exceed 40 feet.

Off-Street Parking
See Section 14.04.11 of this regulation.

Yard and Area Requirements
Yard space as defined in the definition’s sections shall apply. General criteria established in the R-1SB District concerning measurement methodology, the projection of architectural features into yards, and roof overhangs shall apply in the R-2 District.

A. Lot Area for Each Dwelling Unit

1. Duplex – 3,500 square feet
2. Triplex – 3,000 square feet
3. Fourplex – 3,000 square feet
4. Townhouse – 2,400 square feet
5. Garden apartments – 1,600 square feet
6. Single-family same as in R-1SBdistrict

B. Front Yard
There shall be a front yard minimum setback of not less than twenty-five (25) feet. When the development consists of townhouse or garden apartments, the required twenty-five (25) foot front yard setback, measured from the property line, shall be landscaped with trees, grass and shrubs, pedestrian walks to the front of buildings, and maintained in a neat and attractive condition. No parking of vehicles shall be allowed within this front yard setback.

C. Side Yard

1. Duplex, triplex, and fourplex shall have a minimum side yard of seven feet and six inches for interior lots. Comer lots shall have a side yard on the exterior or street side of not less than twenty-five (25) feet.
   
2. Structures utilizing the townhouse or garden apartment design with dwelling units abutting one another without side yards between the individual dwelling units shall have exterior side yards of twenty-five (25) feet between multi-unit structures and, also, when the beginning or terminal end of a structure abuts a street.
   
3. For town-house apartments there shall be no more than six (6) dwelling units appended in one structure without an intervening side yard. Garden apartments may have eight (8) units appended before an intervening side yard is required.
   
4. The front yard setback distance of individual dwelling units within a multi dwelling building of six (6) or less units shall be diversified (staggered) to assure visible variety in building and yard space relationship. Repetitious monotony of consistent dwelling unit setback should be avoided.
   
5. Single-family and smaller lot single-family detached and zero lot-line, same as in R-1SB District.

D. Rear Yard

1. Duplex, triplex, fourplex: Twenty-five (25) feet, excluding accessory buildings which shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet from the rear property line and no closer to a side lot line than the principal building line.
2. Townhouse, garden apartments: minimum twenty-five (25) feet.
3. Single-family and smaller lot single-family detached and zero lot-line as in R-1SB District.

E. Building Coverages
Maximum building coverage for each type of housing permitted shall be thirty-five (35) percent.


R-3 Manufactured Home Park District
The R-3 District provides for areas which may contain two (2) or more manufactured homes on a parcel or land under single ownership. It is the intent of this Section that this District be located so as to not adversely affect the established residential development patterns and densities of the city subdivisions designed and/or intended for the sale of lots for stick-built conventional homes or manufactured homes.

Use Regulation
A. Site Plan Review
Pursuant to the procedure hereinafter set forth, when a proposal is made to develop manufactured dwellings in the R-3 District or to rezone property to the R-3 District, a “Site Plan” review shall be required. See Section 14.04.07 of this regulation for the procedure and requirements of a Site Plan Review. No application shall be accepted that fails to use public sewer.

B. Permitted Uses
Manufactured homes or mobile homes.

C. Accessory uses
The accessory structures and uses of land shall be those permitted in the R-1SB Residential District.

D. Temporary Uses
Temporary uses shall be those allowed in the R-SB Residential District.

E. Conditional Uses
Stick-built conventional homes may be permitted in the R-3 District subject to the approval of a conditional use permit and all required submissions and conditions thereof. See Section 14.04.07 (Conditional Use Review) for required submissions.

Bulk and Area Regulations
A. The minimum site area for the development of a R-3 Manufactured Home Park Development shall be five acres.

B. The maximum density shall not exceed six (6) spaces per net acre.

Design and Siting Criteria
A. All properties within this District shall be contiguous and shall be totally developed under a unified site plan approved by the Planning Commission.

B. When a Manufactured Home Park either adjoins or is across the street from a RlSB, R-IMH or R-2 residential zone, a compact evergreen screen and a permanent opaque fence of wood or masonry construction having a height of not less than six (6) feet shall be erected and maintained between such area and the residentially zoned property.

C. No mobile home space shall take access on a dedicated public street.

Yard and Area Regulations
A. Density
Six (6) site units per gross acre maximum.

B. Site Area
Minimum site area shall be five (5) acres.

C. Exterior Setback
The minimum setback from any property line shall be twenty-five (25) feet.

D. Interior Setback
The minimum setback from any interior drive shall be twenty (20) feet.

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